{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"f0f5f883a2f8926dd61760c7","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f0f5f883a2f8926dd61760c7","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f0f5f883a2f8926dd61760c7","title":"Junior Software Engineer / Devops","description":"Position: Jr Software Engineer / with emphasis on DevOps\r\nPosition Summary Location: Remote or Mount Airy, NC Employment Type: Full-Time\r\nVigilant Cyber Systems, Inc. (VCS) is seeking a Virtual Machine Configuration Engineer to support the development of our SBIR programs. In this role, you will develop software, systems, and infrastructure as code (IaC) to design and manage large-scale virtualized environments using tools such as Packer, Ansible, and minimega. You will be responsible for building, configuring, and maintaining a virtual testbed of target systems to enable advanced simulation and testing.\r\nExperience / Degree A related STEM degree or equivalent experience as a Jr Software Engineer or DevOps Engineer.\r\nThe ideal candidate will have experience in many of the following skills Ability to write software or scripts in any or all of the following languages (Scala / Python / Rust / Bash / Powershell)\r\nBuild and maintain VM images using Packer for multiple operating systems.\r\nAutomate configuration management and application installation using Ansible.\r\nApply IaC practices to design consistent, reproducible environments for testing and deployment.\r\nUse minimega to launch, manage, and scale distributed virtual environments across clusters.\r\nDevelop repeatable workflows for creating and tearing down complex VM-based test environments.\r\nTroubleshoot VM networking, performance, and configuration issues.\r\nMaintain documentation for image building, configuration scripts, and deployment processes.\r\nIdeal Qualifications Proficiency with virtualization technologies (QEMU/KVM, VMware, VirtualBox, or similar).\r\nExperience in Functional Programming such as Scala.\r\nExperience in IaC deployed environments.\r\nFamiliarity with distributed VM orchestration tools, minimega preferred.\r\nFamiliarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, especially Packer and Ansible.\r\nExperience with scripting languages (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).\r\nUnderstanding of networking fundamentals (VLANs, routing, firewalls, etc.).\r\nRequired Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance.\r\nAbility to work independently and in a small, fast-paced R&D team.\r\nPreferred Experience with cluster-based virtualization environments.\r\nBackground in testbed development or systems simulation.\r\nFamiliarity with DoD or critical infrastructure systems.\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Vigilant Cyber Systems","rawCompany":"vigilant cyber systems","city":"Raleigh","state":"NC","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-21T07:01:13.480Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541519","title":"Other Computer Related Services","slug":"other-computer-related-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Junior Software Engineer / Devops","description":"Position: Jr Software Engineer / with emphasis on DevOps\r\nPosition Summary Location: Remote or Mount Airy, NC Employment Type: Full-Time\r\nVigilant Cyber Systems, Inc. (VCS) is seeking a Virtual Machine Configuration Engineer to support the development of our SBIR programs. In this role, you will develop software, systems, and infrastructure as code (IaC) to design and manage large-scale virtualized environments using tools such as Packer, Ansible, and minimega. 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